The impact of Mexico’s foreign public debt over the country’s private investment: A co-integrating analysis
El impacto de la deuda externa pública sobre la inversión privada en México: un análisis de cointegración
https://doi.org/10.21670/ref.2007.15.a04
Keywords:
foreign public debt, private investment, public spendingAbstract
Evidence suggests that the implementation of public policy crowds out private expenditure. It is argued, for example, that public spending inhibits private investment. However, formal evidence indicates that this crowding out effect does not always hold. In particular, it has been shown that it is possible to find a complementary relation between public spending and real variables of the private sector such as consumption and investment in the long run. In this document we analyze the short run and long run stochastic dynamics of private investment and foreign public debt in Mexico, a variable that has been scarcely used as a proxy for public spending. With the estimation of an error correction model we derive results that are consistent with what is found in the literature. That is, we identify that, while foreign public debt exhibits a negative relation with private investment in the short run, the relationship becomes positive for longer horizons.Resumen
Existe una relación de desplazamiento entre variables de política fiscal y el gasto privado. Se argumenta, por ejemplo, que el gasto público desincentiva a la inversión privada. Sin embargo, la evidencia formal indica que esta relación de desplazamiento no siempre se cumple. En particular, se ha mostrado que es posible encontrar una relación de complementariedad entre el gasto público y variables reales del sector privado, como el consumo y la inversión, en el largo plazo. En este trabajo analizamos la dinámica estocástica de corto y de largo plazo de la inversión privada y la deuda externa pública en México, una variable que ha sido poco utilizada como proxy del gasto público. Por medio de la estimación de un modelo de corrección de error, derivamos resultados consistentes con los encontrados en la literatura reciente. Esto es, identificamos que, mientras que la deuda pública externa exhibe una relación inversa con la inversión privada en el corto plazo, esta relación se invierte en horizontes amplios.References
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